Apparatus for permanently waving hair



Feb. 9, 1937. J' WENTER y 2,069,866

APPARATUS FOR PERMANENTIJY WAVING HAIR Filed May 27, 1955 HTTORNEYPatented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITE ST PATENT OFFICE Julius Wenter, Budapest,Hungary Application May 27, 1935, Serial No. 23,564 In Hungary October17, 1934 6 Claims.

This invention relates to hair-waving devices, the principal object ofthe invention being to provide a device of this character having meansfor maintaining the coils of the hair in sepa.- rated relation, incombination with means for exerting tension on said coils duringtreatment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter set forth, having means for supporting the curler and thenecessary heating element, said means being effective to prevent burningof the scalp of the person being operated on.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a curling devicein combination with a heating element having special means for removablysecuring the heating element and curler together.

In the drawing accompanying this specication,

Fig. 1 shows a hair waving device partly in vertical longitudinalsection and partly in side elevation embodying the features of thepresent inventwigi, with a tress of hair wound in the curler;

Fig. 2 shows the clip-like supporting plate of the curler in plan, thefull lines indicating the closed position and the dot-dash lines theopen position thereof;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the curler;

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate opposite end views of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the curler showing thehair-tensioning device in the outer or tensioning position;

Figs. 7 and 8 are transverse sectional views on an enlarged scale, takenrespectively on lines VII-VII of Fig. 3 and VIII- VIII of Fig. 6.

The curler according to the invention consists of a preferablycylindrical spindle I, the surface of which is provided in known mannerwith teeth, pegs or pins 2, or the like, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 6.The said teeth may be arranged in the manner of a comb along one line orgeneratriX, as shown in the drawing.

This construction of the curler enables the tress of hair which is to bewaved to be wound around the same in any desired manner, for example, inspirals of any desired pitch or in the form of a gure 8 and so on,without the danger of the coils mingling together or changing theirposition in any other way relatively to the curler and to one another.This is effected by means of the described teeth or pins between and inwhich the tress of hair is wound on to the curler, and which secure thecoils in the form and position which they have been given.

In order to impart a smooth form to the waves which are to be produced,the tress of hair which has been wound on the curler must be tightenedor tensioned accordingly before the curler is inserted into the heatingdevice. `For this purpose according to the invention, the curler isprovided with a semi-tubular member 9 which embraces the curler l on theuntoothed side thereof and which is radially displaceable relatively tothe curler I by means of a wedge member II disposed in an openlongitudinal groove IIJ formed in the curler l, said groove havingtapered end walls as indicated at I', Figs. 3 and 6, against which theends of the wedge member Il, abut, while its peripheral edge is incontact with the inner surface of member 9. The wedge II is in positionto be acted upon in a longitudinal direction by a screw l2 threaded intothe end of curler I. In Fig. 3 this wedge-displacing device is shownbefore the displacement of the wedge, while Fig. 6 shows it after suchdisplacement. The simultaneous axial and radial movement of the wedge Ilis brought about by the fact that its tapered front end in contact withthe similarly-inclined end wall of the groove I0 in the curler member Irides up on said end wall, and when it is displaced axially it iscompelled at the same time to rise in a radial direction. The screw I2,which when screwed into the curler member I, strikes with its inner endagainst the wedge II, is provided at its outer end with a square portionI3 to enable it to b e rotated readily by means of a key. It is clearfrom Fig. 6 that in its displaced position the member 9 must tension thecoils of hair lying on the curler. Obviously the displaceable member 9may also be provided with the described hair-locating pins or pegs 2.

In order to facilitate the winding of the tress of hair which is to bewaved and to hold it near to the head during the winding operation, andalso to protect the scalp from being burned, a clip such as shown inFig. 2 is provided. This clip consists of two plates 4 and 4 ofheat-resistant elastic material, for instance, advantageously of softrubber, which are connecte-d together by means of a hinge 6. After thehair which is to be wound has been placed between the two plates 4 and4', the latter are adapted to be closed fast together by means oi anysuitable closure device, which in the construction illustrated consistsof a clasp fastener 1 as shown in full lines in order to clasp the tressof hair 8 between them near the jection preferably of rectangularcross-section, adapted to fit snugly intro an opening 3 of similar crosssection Yformed in one end of the curler I so that when placedV on saidprojection 5, the curlerY is prevented from rotation relatively thereto.The

' ends ofthe semi-tubular member V9 of the curler Vallow the'passage ofthe Vscrew I2 at one end and are closed by plates I4 yan-dV I5respectively having slot-like openings I4 and I5' respectively to theprojection 5 Vof the clipat the other Yend.

'I'hese slots not only guide the member 9v of theV curlerl in itsmovement in radial direction and which likewise is supported firmly bythev clip by 'ratus prevent it lfrom becoming detached from the memberI, but at the same time serve as spacersv to hold the curler at auniform distance from the Y Wall of the heating element of the wavingappa- After` the hair, which is'held firmly by Vmeans of theclip 4, 4has been wound on to the curler means of the projection 5 on thelatter,the heatingielement I 6 which is known per se and is pref-YV erablyofchannel-.shaped cross section, is placed on the curler. The heatingelement is provided Vwith a two-armed clamping lever'I8, which ishingedly connected'to the heater byV means of apivot I'I, one of thearms ofsaid leverbeing urged against the channel-shaped opening of theheat- 'ing element I5 by means of a spring, the said arm carrying'at itsfree end a foot member I9 by means of which it presses against the underside of the curler and holds the heating element I6 firmly tothe curler.i

What I claim is: Y v Y Y j 1. A hair-waving device, comprising incombination, an integral cylindrical curler toothed along a generatrixthereof for ,the reception of coils of hair, means VVcarriedrby saidcurlerfor tensioning the hair wound thereon, achannelshaped'heatingVelement embracingthe curler on three sides, leaving the lower sideexposedV and Ysupporting means for attaching the curler to the tress ofhair near the roots thereof, said support- 'hingY means, consisting of atwo-parted hinged clamp, provide-d on one of its branches with anoblique, upwardly pointed spur of 'prismatic end section, tted removablyinto a prismatic and axially positioned socket in the curler, therebypreventing spontaneous rotation of the curler, relative to its support.VY

Y 2.V A hair-waving device, comprising in combination, acylindrical'curler, adapted to receive coils of hair, a semi-tubularmember embracing sai-drcurler, a member carried by said curler inperipheral contact with the inner surface of said semi-tubular memberand movable longitudinally and radially of the curler, means carried bythe curler for imparting longitudinal movement to said movable member,and cooperating means 1 carried by the curler and movable member wherebythe latter will move radially in responserto such longitudinal movementthereby to move said tubular member radially .of the curler and imparttension tof the hair Wound thereon.v

, 3. Afhair-waving device, comprising in combination, a Ycylindricalcurler adapted to receive coils of hair, a heating element embracing thecurler, a pivoted lever carried by said-heating ele,- ment, said Yleverhaving a spring-actuated arm for engaging said curler and retaining itinop-V erative engagementwth'the heating element.V

4. A-hair-waving device according Yto claim 1,VV in which the two-partedhinged Aclamp consists ofY two rectangular thick plates 4 and 4'; lyingadjacently in the same plane and linkedtogether'at two adjacent corners,bya hinge 6, perpendicular to said plane,- so that they may be openedand` closed within the same plane, the closure means consisting of abow-clasp 1, while the spur,rsup l porting the curler, is xedly attachedto the top surface of one of said plates. j

5. A hair-waving device according Vto claim 1,

in which the hair-'tensioning'means consists of a s'emicylindrical platesleeve 9'which may be spaced apart from and parallel to the axis of thecurler by an inner wedge, supporting'said sleeve, said wedgeguided in anopen longitudinal *slot Y,Ill i of the curler I and adaptedto beradially lifted out ofthe slotin parallel motion byY a screw'IZ,`

axially journalled in the cylindricalV curler.

6. A hair-'wavingl device according to claim 1, f

characterized by the feature that the'channel-K` Vshaped heating elementI6, which otherwise is of Well-knownconstruction, is 4provided with atwo- '45 Y armed clamping lever I8, pivotally supported by sai-d elementand rotatablewithin the median plane thereof, one of the lever armshaving a claw I9, actuated by a spring, so that by pressing inwardlytoward the open channel said claw is adapted to clamp the curler againstthe heating element. V

Y JULIUS WENTER.

